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The Ministry of Transportation and
Communications is thinking ahead to
" winter_ weather conditions as it
continues, its slope impro'V'eent plan
at Taylor's Corners on Highway 8 .
between Goderch and Clinton.
By levelling off slopes and hills in
the area, the MTC hopes to change the
drifting pattern Qf snow and thus
eliminate the. number of man-hours
spent ploughing and, blowing this
snow during the winter months.
The 1VITC,tenders for the 'machines;
to do the work and enters into
agreetraents, with farmers and other
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..peopleliving in'thp area where the
woi is to ire done; These people are
usually.agreeable to the work because
their problem laneways can be
levelled 4at,the,same time.
The 410pe improvement plan is
carried out as funds become
° available. For the'. last few '"years,
Highway. 21 • north of Goderich has
• been the focus of the plan. The MTC
hopes to have the Taylor's' Corners
area levelled and seeded by the end of
the summer, '
• MTC officials claim that the plan is
amoney-saver in the long run.
stuck in
the middle
Have you never thought about
dressing rooms? No, either had T
until one day at lunch.
It was one of those conversations
that just arose out of the blue and
passed. the time while we fiddled
with our cutlery and waited for our
burgers.
We all decided that clothing store
change rooms leave a lot to be
desired. Naturally, the way you
look in front of the mirror has
nothing to do with your purchase,
it's all the fault of the mirrors, the
crummy lighting and the lack of
space.
First there's the rule that you
can only take three articles of
clothing into the change room at
one time. This poses a serious
problem for the buyer who's loaded
down with three dresses, two pairs
of pants and a couple of blouses.
Without fail the three pieces you've
finally limited yourself to don't fit
and you see another shopper
carrying around the clothes you
had to give up to- meet -the -toles-, , r
But there's always a congenial
saleswoman around. Without
warning she'll pullback the cur-
tain, catch you off guard in your
underwear and state, `Now how
does that fit?"
After gaining your composure,
you make sornv feeble excuse
about it not being the right color
and .out of nowhere the sales
woman .will produce some other
gaudy creation..
"Here I think this will look good
on.you," she pushes.
"Well T really don't have time
today, I was just looking," you
mumble.
"Try it on," she commands.
After a few moments of steaming
in front of the dirty mirror you
make your escape and with -any
luck the sales woman will be giving
her pitch to some other customer.
Comfortable accommodation in
a dressing room is enough to make
the calmest customer steam. It
takes a well organized shopper to
manage in one of those "closests."
After fighting to get the rickety
door shut you find there's only one
small hook and no mirror.
Thoughtful) you hang the new
clothes on the hook and toss your
own garments onto the dark, dirty
carpet.'
After fumbling into the new
clothes using you best Houdini -like
moves, you're faced with the
problem of not knowing what you
look like. In what could be the most
embarrassing moment in your life,
you sneak out into the corridor for
a quick peak in the mirror but the
sight of someone else there sends
you scrambling back to the meagre
privacy of the change room. In
sheer frustration, youpile back
into your own clothes, return the
other garments and tell the 'clerk,
"Wasn't the right color:"
People like privacy when they're
trying on clothes. The thought of
having a two-way mirror in.
dressing rooms keeps you on the
lookout with your back towards the
reflector.
Even worse is the out-and-out
frankness of the communal change
rooms. I,ve only encountered one
• before, iforie otheiThan'Toro ito
and it was a short stay.
The circular room covered in
Mirrors was filled with .women in
various states of dress. Some
looked like models and I wondered—,
why others were even attempting
to try on^ those, skimpy outfits.
Everyone was casually • `doing
their own thing" and. paid little
attention to the person next to
them, except for a few of us self-
conscious and • curious shoppers
who simply stared in the mirror at
others or quickly escaped.
Stores offer no explanation or
promotion for their dressing --
rooms. The perfect change room
should be' bright and airy and offer
enough room to "move" in your
new garment. A good, solid door,
preferrably with a lock, is a
necessity along with _ several
hangers. It's nice to have a ledge, a
chair to set other parcels on and a
dish or cushion for all those useless
little pins.
Perhaps if shops paid more at-
tention to their change rooms their
sales could be greater. It's not the
clothes that make a person, it's the
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Near tragedy...:
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control. A tow zine was attached and
the four persons were hauled to safety
aboard the Schofield craft,
They then began. to taw the boat
'Slowly toward the harbour at ap-
proximately %-knot but the tow -line
broke.
A' power launch which was rescuing
another 'motor boat' which had run
out of gas came over and being more
manouverable in close (wafters,
h reconnected the line.
Eveataal1 the Amble y Cat' was
W`l�
towed into harbor (with everyone
singing When, the • Saints...) ..and
righted, leaving four' people pretty
wet and shaky, but happy to be on dry
land after a valuable lesson in sailing .
.which couldwell, have been a tragedy.
It is, nice to see that we have alert
sailors (-as the crew aboard the
S'uyaema) operating out of the
BayfieldHarbour.
Students from Clinton's Huron Music Studio took first place in the guitar en-
semble competition at the Central Music League Festival in Kitchener
recently. The band members included, front row, left to right, Troy Hoggart,
David Whyte and David Stevenson. Back row, Doug Gilbert, Chris Kerrigan,
Shawn Lester and Barb Sloane. (News -Record photo)
Council backs busing
By Shelley McPhee
Clinton Council does not believe
that giving up on busing and opening
up more schools will help conserve
fuel.
At their July '7 meeting council
turned' down a motion from the town
of Latchford which suggested , that
thousands of school buses use fuel
each day andit would be more
economical to transport teachers to
smaller schools and promote the use
of audio visual equipment as a- fuel.
conservation scheme. The resolution
state that stn nts must travel
farther to schools and they are asking
the government to study the busing •
system and :discourage continual
centralization of education and
dependence -on costly fuel.
Councillor, Ron McKay suggested to
Clinton council that they must look a
school figures to see how feasible it is"..
to operate smaller schools.
Councillor' Rob' Parr agreed and
asked, "How much does it.costtoheat
a school in the winter, along with °•
hydro and water? You could probably
run a lot of buses on those costs."
"It would be hard to turn the clock
back and bring back smaller
schools," Mayor Harold Lobb noted.
"I think starting 'the bigger schools
was a step in the right direction and if
we conserve too much we could end
up with an overload."
BIA plans
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how much it would cost would be
studied when the -bylaw to borrow the
money was set up. -
"The details are listed here in the
booklet we received from Hill 'and
Borgal ''. _ Mayor bb
or Lo. ,inforaeried.-.y
"They've just deducted the Isaac
Street and"walk extensions from the
plan."
Clerk Proctor went on to say that
the plans would have to have Ontario
Municipal Board approval and noted,
"At 'some point you'll have to be more
detailed that this application,
• Councillor McKay, in full support of
the proposals said, , "There may be
some things that we don't all agree
with in the: plans', but we've got a
group of people who are willing to
take the bull by the horns. So let's
support them." H• e added, "If we can borrow money-
over
oneyover $60,000 at one per cent interest,
then that's not bad business."
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